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ISRAEL-GAZA RESPONSE G7’s political relevance at stake
The Group of Seven (G7) bloc of wealthy democracies risks eroding its relevance as a force to tackle major geopolitical crises over an apparent struggle between its member nations to agree on a firm, united approach to Israel's war in…
Aid entering Gaza ‘nowhere near’ enough
World Food Programme (WFP) head Cindy McCain said yesterday that the aid currently entering Gaza is "nowhere near" enough to meet the needs of people there, which she added were growing exponentially.
"We need to continue to work…
Indian diplomat says high-level Canadian official damaged probe into Sikh’s murder
Canada's police probe into the June murder of a Sikh separatist in British Columbia has been damaged by a high-level Canadian official's public statements, India's High Commissioner to Canada, Sanjay Kumar Verma, told the Globe and Mail…
Blinken tells Abbas Gazans must not be ‘forcibly displaced’: spokesman
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Sunday that Palestinians in Gaza "must not be forcibly displaced", a State Department spokesman said.
Blinken met with Abbas in Ramallah as he made a…
Israel sends thousands of Gazan workers to ‘death zone’
Thousands of cross-border Gazan workers and labourers in Israel and the occupied West Bank were sent back to Gaza today, Reuters journalists said.
Some of the Gazan workers returned through the Kerem Shalom crossing east of…
Arab world, US split on Gaza ceasefire as Israeli offensive presses on
The United States and its Arab allies appeared divided over Israel's military offensive in Gaza to defeat Hamas, as Washington, alongside Israel, resisted pressure for an immediate ceasefire despite the rising death toll among Palestinian…
Artificial Intelligence Safety: UK, US, China sign pledge at first summit
Countries including the UK, United States and China yesterday agreed the "need for international action" as political and tech leaders gathered for the world's first summit on artificial intelligence (AI) safety.
The UK government…
UN will ‘stay with Palestinians in Gaza’
Gaza, a top aid official said during the first such trip to the territory since the war with Israel erupted.
"I was shocked by the fact that everyone there was asking for food, was asking for water," Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN…
India opposition accuses govt of trying to hack MPs’ iPhones
Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi yesterday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government of trying to hack into senior opposition politicians' mobile phones, after they reported receiving warning messages from Apple. Some of the…
Gaza situation turns from bad to worse
Israeli ground forces fought deadly battles with Hamas fighters inside Gaza yesterday and sent tanks to the outskirts of the biggest city while air strikes kept raining down on the besieged Palestinian territory.
The intensifying…